Clark is one the fiercest lawmakers in the nation when it comes to our collective digital dignity, and she joined us this week to talk about that. 

Why Your Data Matters

Attorney General Clark laid out two core reasons you should care about data privacy. First, it’s arguably a foundational right. The Constitution protects your reasonable expectation of privacy, which, again, arguably, includes the freedom from surveillance. The second reason is more practical. Whether we’re talking about health records or location history, your data is a goldmine for scammers and criminals.

Highlighting how our information is easily re-purposed in the commission of identity theft, scams, and extortion, Clark is not just floating some abstract idea: Our personal information makes us vulnerable. 

Swagger Eats Ethics for Breakfast

The conversation veered into some wild territory, starting with Attorney General Clark’s view of the current administration’s hiring practices. Focusing on a Trump Administration hire that wasn’t even Googled before being given access to highly sensitive data, Clark calls to question best practices. 

“The average person knows you don’t even go on a date with someone until you Google them,” she quipped. This “swagger,” as Clark calls it, is a dangerous component in the rapid evolution of technology like cryptocurrency and AI, where the drive for innovation and market dominance often eclipses ethical considerations. 

The disregard for privacy goes hand-in-love with the above tendency, extending to the bizarre world of meme coins and beyond. 

AI and Deepfakes

Clark thinks the biggest threat to our privacy may be the runaway train that is artificial intelligence. The technology is advancing so fast that it’s out-pacing legislation in a crony-driven  environment where a 10-year ban on state-level AI regulation was recently buried in a recent federal statute–and thankfully scuttled before that bill was signed into law. 

Clark pointed to Europe’s proactive “AI Act” as a potential model, noting that their historical and political experiences have fostered a greater emphasis on data privacy.

Under her leadership, Vermont is looking to expand revenge porn statutes to include AI-generated deepfakes. 

Enter the shadow of AI chatbots and romance scams, “the romance scam using AI chatbots is a deadly combination and it is coming,” Clark warned. “You know, the idea that I could literally be living my life, making a sandwich, doing whatever I want…[and] my evil AI bots could be romancing victims by the thousands.”

The Kids Aren’t Alright 

We also talked about the privacy of children. A significant privacy paradox is that parents consent to data collection through school-mandated educational technology (EdTech) apps.

“Violation of privacy has been so normalized that people think they’re being like a Karen if they say, ‘No, I don’t want that information shared about my kid,'” Clark pointed out. 

Collective Responsibility

Our privacy is at risk, and we’re all complicit. Through our online behavior and willingness to share information, we participate in the erosion of our own privacy. The couple caught on the Jumbotron at that Coldplay concert we talked about a few episodes ago provides a perfect example: they weren’t identified by a big corporation or the government, but by fellow citizens using publicly available data. We have all become participants in a culture of mutual surveillance.

Attorney General Clark is not without hope. She believes a shift in awareness is possible. She advocates for a society where individuals can experience freedom without ambient surveillance, where private companies are held to the same standards we expect of our government, and where “minding your own business” is not just a quaint Yankee notion but a protected right.

In the wake of this scam, Westbrook launched an executive-level investigation into the true scope of cybercrime worldwide, revealing that these “isolated events” are part of something much bigger—a national security crisis.

The New World War is Financial

According to Westbrook’s research, scams hit an estimated 21 million Americans annually with a staggering 57,000 people per day affected. These aren’t just small-time crimes. Transnational criminal syndicates operating from organized compounds in Southeast Asia are waging war on Americans. 

Westbrook related a story about a Chinese crime boss who was heard leading his workers in a chant: “Cripple the economies of the U.S. and Europe. This is World War III.” 

The sheer volume of attacks and the immense financial scale, pose a direct threat to the U.S. economy. 

Data from organizations like the FBI and FTC show that the losses, while often underreported, amount to billions of dollars annually. A recent study by the Common Sense Institute estimated that financial fraud in a single U.S. state, when both reported and unreported losses are considered, could result in billions of dollars in lost GDP and thousands of jobs. At a fundamental level, these losses could present a problem for governmental management of public resources and the maintenance of economic stability.

Also discussed in this episode: the ubiquitous “overdue toll” text message scam. While they seem like a minor annoyance, these SMishing attacks are part of a massive smishing scam linked to Chinese cybercriminals managing the more than 60,000 web domains used to send these texts.

Follow the money

The money pilfered in these attacks isn’t going into showy cars and watches, or at least not exclusively. According to Westbrook, the proceeds are also being used to fund serious global threats, including human trafficking and drug cartels producing fentanyl. In a recent episode we talked about the fact that as much as half of North Korea’s missile program is funded by cryptocurrency scams.

So why is this such an “American” problem? Westbrook believe the U.S. has become the “softest target” for these criminals because of lax government response. Unlike the UK and Australia, which have a centralized, national anti-cybercrime strategies (and have seen a decrease in fraud as a result), the U.S. response remains fragmented. He advocates for a systemic approach, including the appointment of a dedicated leader to coordinate efforts and 

What can you do? 

Turns out, there’s a lot you can do. By understanding the common red flags indicating cyber shenanigans—the sense of panic, the urgency, and unusual payment methods—we can protect ourselves. And then there are the proactive measures you can take, like using a data removal service like DeleteMe which may reduce your need to verify unexpected communications, click on fishy links or call numbers quick or else.

Westbrook has a vital wake-up call for us all: vigilance isn’t just about protecting your wallet; it’s about safeguarding your community and fighting back against a global threat by staying informed and sharing what you know about staying safe.

If You Have to Ask What a Penetration Test Is, You’re Probably Not Ready for One.  

The simplest trick in a hacker’s playbook is asking nicely. This week we double down with our second installment focused on the most basic method of cyber attack: Social engineering. 

As social engineer and SocialProof Security CEO Rachel Tobac explained to me at DEF CON, the most effective attacks are often focused on tricking people into an exploitable trust situation. 

The human element is often the attack vector because it reliably yields security vulnerabilities. So you’d think that’s something you want to test for at your company, right? 

According to Tobac, most organizations that ask for a penetration test aren’t prepared for this kind of attack, and in her work she routinely turns down requests because a pen test against an unprepared organization is often demoralizing, and usually a waste of time and money. As with all tests, her theory is best to take the class first, study, and then see how you do. 

All Too Human

When it comes to things cyber, the most effective attacks exploit human nature. The Social Engineering Community Village at DEF CON is the proving ground for this cybersecurity home truth. Gamifying the process, contestants enter a soundproof booth and call real companies to get real sensitive information in real time. The goal isn’t to be mean or threatening; it’s to provide proof of concept and a solution, that the human vector is real, and there is a solution. 

This is all about learning by doing. Social Engineers, attackers, and pen testers build rapport quickly, using small details to create a convincing story. The approach is informed after hours are spent scouring public information—from social media profiles to data broker sites—to find clues to start a conversation, connect and download information. A seemingly harmless detail found online could be the key to a physical breach. 

As Tobac explains, attackers know that even the most secure companies can be breached with the help of a well-placed phone call or a friendly voice.

The Art of Target Hardening

Q: If a pen test isn’t the first step, what is? A: target hardening.

Before Tobac ever attempts to hack a company, she works with them for months, and sometimes even a year, to update their security protocols. This isn’t a top-down mandate; it’s a collaborative process. Tobac runs workshops where frontline teams, like the IT help desk, are empowered to create their own identity verification procedures. By giving them ownership of the process, they’re more likely to follow it and feel confident in their ability to stop an attack. This approach ensures that a company’s defenses are built from the ground up, making the entire organization a much tougher target. When a pen test finally happens, it’s not a demoralizing, 30-second failure; it’s a meaningful exercise that tests a team that is ready to defend itself.

This layered, inside-out approach makes companies stronger before she ever tries to break in. But even the best in-house processes can’t erase the fact that employees’ personal details: phone numbers, home addresses, favorite movies, recent vacations, are shared across the internet, waiting to be exploited in a social-engineering attack.

The First Step Is Data Removal

One of the easiest ways to harden your company is to make it an annoying target. Attackers want the path of least resistance. If your information is hard to find, they’ll just move on to the next target that has its data readily available. 

This is where a digital footprint cleanup comes in. You can start by manually from data broker sites, or you can use a service like DeleteMe to do the work for you. Proactively removing this information is the first and most crucial step in making yourself less of a target.

Whether you’re a company or an individual, don’t wait to be hacked to realize you were never ready. Build resilience. Focus on preparing your team, strengthening your protocols, and cleaning up your public data first. A strong defense isn’t built in a day; it’s built one smart step at a time.

A pen test shouldn’t be the first step in security. It should be the final exam. The real work happens long before. By the time the test comes, the goal isn’t to catch you off guard, it’s to prove you’ve already made yourself harder to hit. 

At DEFCON 33, the world’s biggest hacking conference, I saw a scene you may not picture when you think of a hacker convention: average-looking humans (some of them wearing costumes) in competition with each other. The goal: to trick real companies into giving away sensitive information without writing a single line of code. 

Maybe you think of teenagers first. Many people do, and that’s because many hackers started their careers in parent-sponsored (as opposed to state-sponsored) settings: a messy bedroom, a basement play area, an attic.

This year, DeleteMe was sponsoring the Social Engineering Community Village at DEFCON, and I was excited to have a front row seat. But I wasn’t prepared to see teenagers barely old enough to vote among the contestants’ ranks. These hackers weren’t engaged in credential stuffing or cracking passwords. There was no malware. They were picking up phones in a soundproof booth, calling real employees at real companies, and convincing them to share details that could later be used to break into a system. No code required. Just confidence, psychology, and the right script. 

Watching them at work, it underscored an old truth in the realm of cybersecurity: the human element is still the biggest vulnerability any of us face.

Teenagers at a hacker convention was novel, but their presence underscored an important situation. If skilled communicators can talk their way into getting information that can be used to hack an established company with cybersecurity protocols and systems, then nothing is safe. 

One participant–not one of the teenagers, but not an oldster either–explained his strategy bluntly: He called businesses in the South because, in his words, “people there are nicer and will stay on the line.” It worked. He got further into conversations simply by exploiting cultural psychology.

That moment stuck with me. It was all about people. And it reminded me that threat actors succeed because humans, under pressure or distracted, tend to react instead of responding to stimuli.

Psychology scales faster than technology

Security teams globally spend billions of dollars on firewalls, intrusion detection, and AI defenses. 

But all it takes is one phone call to a helpful employee willing to share something about the way a company does business, and the whole system unravels. Threat actors know this fact well. 

They don’t need to out-code your company’s engineers. They just need to get someone who works there talking long enough to build trust. 

As I watched those teenagers, I gained a new appreciation for just how fast these skills can be learned and weaponized. 

What happened in that soundproof booth is happening right now in offices, customer service departments, via LinkedIn DM, and in your inbox. In the weird world of social engineering, the helpful IT tech and the frustrated CEO are straight out of central casting. Ditto the IT compliance officer who just needs to “confirm a few details.” 

Human vulnerability is universal. If a teenager can exploit it under pressure in front of an audience, so can a criminal who has all the time in the world. 

Awareness is everything. The moment you see how easy it is for a threat actor to extract and weaponize something as seemingly trivial as the waste management service used at a company, you can’t unsee it. You realize how data points are like so many breadcrumbs guiding threat actors in the commission of crime, one that could be an extinction-level cybersecurity failure. 

And that realization—that human trust can be hacked more readily than any machine—is the first step in protecting yourself.

Let’s be clear: Data brokers operate in a multibillion-dollar industry, profiting from your personal and financial information. This includes details like Social Security numbers, addresses, and even location data. This information is often sold to other companies, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies, frequently without your knowledge or consent.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) had proposed closing a loophole in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which would have finally held data brokers accountable. This rule would have required them to comply with the same privacy rules as credit bureaus and other consumer reporting agencies. The withdrawal of this rule is a major setback.

The justification that this rule would be “harmful to financial institutions’ efforts to detect and prevent fraud” simply doesn’t hold water. Protecting individual privacy and preventing fraud are not mutually exclusive. In fact, the widespread availability of personal data through brokers increases the risk of identity theft and fraud. We’ve seen numerous data breaches at these brokers, exposing millions of people to potential harm.

At DeleteMe, we believe that you have the right to control your personal information. We will continue to fight for stronger privacy regulations and work tirelessly to remove your data from these brokers. This recent decision underscores the importance of taking proactive steps to protect yourself.

What can you do?

• Be aware: Understand that data brokers exist and are actively collecting and selling your information.
• Take control: Use services like DeleteMe to remove your data from broker sites.
• Demand action: Contact your elected officials and demand stronger privacy laws.

This is not the end of the fight. We must continue to advocate for policies that prioritize individual privacy over corporate profits. Your data is not a commodity. It’s time to take back control.

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On March 23rd, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This means that a lot of people’s genetic data is about to enter a legal grey zone. 

We recommend that if you are a 23andMe customer, you follow the California AG’s advice and delete your 23andMe account. 

Even if you are not a customer of 23andMe? You’re probably still affected by the bankruptcy of what was, until recently, one of the world’s largest biotech companies.

We’ve covered the data risks of using genetic testing companies like 23andMe before:

• A comparison of different DNA testing companies. 
• Genetic testing privacy policies and how to keep your personal data to yourself if you decide to get a genetic test.

So, here’s what you need to know if you’re worried about your data (or the data of someone close to you). 

What’s Happening to the Genetic Data You Gave to 23andMe?

It’ll probably be sold to a new owner. When you shared your DNA with 23andMe, you effectively gave it to them.

• Learn more: How companies like 23andMe use your data. 

Genetic data from over 15 million people worldwide is 23andMe’s core business asset. 

Just like what happens to any other business asset during bankruptcy, 23andMe’s cache of data is now highly likely to be sold to a new owner​ (as per 23andMe’s privacy policy). You don’t get any say in who this is. 

Experts warn that DNA information isn’t just another data point but a “blueprint” of your biological identity, and its sale could have “far-reaching consequences.”​

23andMe said that its bankruptcy won’t affect how customer data is stored, managed, or protected. 

It also said it would look for a buyer who would share its commitment to customer data privacy. But you have to take their word for it. 

Considering that in 2023, the company disclosed a data breach that impacted 6.9 million customers, that’s not too reassuring. 

Any buyer of 23andMe would need to initially comply with 23andMe’s current privacy policy, but they could change the terms eventually. 

According to Sara Gerke, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, whoever buys 23andMe’s data could make significant changes to how they protect it. 

A buyer could change the policy to allow for the sharing of genetic data with some types of insurers, like long-term care or disability insurance companies. Data is unlikely to be shared directly with health insurers since that would be a violation of the federal nondiscrimination law called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).

Plus, as some legal experts have pointed out, whoever buys 23andMe’s data could take away the option to opt out of sharing. Hence why you should opt out now (see how below). 

Isn’t My Genetic Data Anonymized? 

Yes, according to 23andMe, customers’ genetic data is anonymized and stored separately from your other data (e.g., name, address, etc.) 

However, speaking to Al Jazeera, Arthur Caplan, the head of the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, said: 

“Given the fact that DNA analysis is even better now than it was 10 years ago when all this collection started, they might be able to identify people.”

The Electronic Frontier Foundation also said that genetic data can’t be truly de-identified: 

“Even if separated from obvious identifiers like name, it is still forever linked to only one person in the world. And at least one study has shown that, when combined with data from GenBank, a National Institutes of Health genetic sequence database, data from some genealogical databases can result in the possibility of re-identification.”  

“This Doesn’t Affect Me” 

You don’t even have to be a customer of 23andMe to be impacted. You just have to be related to one.  

As Professor Carissa Veliz, author of Privacy is Power said in a BBC article:

“If you gave your data to 23andMe, you also gave the genetic data of your parents, your siblings, your children, and even distant kin who did not consent to that.” 

The same is true in reverse. 

Even if you take your privacy extremely seriously and wouldn’t dream of handing over your most sensitive data to a company like 23andMe, chances are, someone you know (parents, siblings, children, uncles, etc.) has done exactly that. 

By sharing their data with 23andMe, they’ve also inadvertently shared some of your data, too.  

Law enforcement can use these databases indirectly to identify suspects. Even if a suspect hasn’t submitted their own DNA, police might identify them through relatives who have shared their DNA. 

For example, the “Golden State Killer” was caught in 2018 when police used GEDmatch to link DNA from the crime scene to third cousins. 

That said, 23andMe does not provide law enforcement access to its database. 

In its transparency report, you can see that though authorities tried to get access to the genetic information of 15 people, the company did not produce this data. 

Regardless, non-customers whose DNA is revealed through someone else’s test have very limited recourse. For example, you can’t log in to delete data. 

Genetic Data Protection Laws 

“Isn’t my genetic data protected legally?” 

The answer is complicated. 

At the federal level:

• The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act applies to 23andMe genetic data, preventing insurers and employers from using genetic data to discriminate against you. 
• However, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – the law that most people would think of in relation to genetic data – is not relevant since it applies to healthcare and not direct-to-consumer companies such as 23andMe. 

However, at the state level, many states do have laws that cover genetic testing and data. 

For example, California’s Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prohibits genetic discrimination in employment, housing, mortgage lending, education, and public accommodations.

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, about a dozen US states have consumer data privacy laws that are specific to genetic privacy. Most of these require 23andMe to get consent from consumers before transferring data to someone else in an acquisition scenario. 

Other states have comprehensive privacy laws that give consumers rights to access and delete their data (though there are no protections in cases of mergers, acquisitions, or bankruptcies). 

What To Do Now 

You should probably delete your 23andMe account and/or warn those close to you to do the same. 

If you are a customer of 23andMe, here is exactly what we would advise you to do:

Download your 23andMe data

If you did a 23andMe test, you might as well keep the results by downloading your data. 

Here’s how:

1. Go to 23andMe and log into your account.
2. Click your username.
3. Click “Settings.”
4. Scroll to ‘23andMe Data’ and click “View.” 
5. Download the 23andMe data you want to keep. 

Delete Your 23andMe data and account

Despite what some people are saying, 23andMe is not preventing you from deleting your account. 

If the 23andMe site doesn’t work when you attempt to delete your account (previously, there was such a rush to delete 23andMe accounts that the site crashed), you can contact 23andMe customer support at customercare@23andme.com. 

Otherwise, to delete your 23andMe account, do the following: 

1. Log into your 23andMe account.
2. Click “Settings.”
3. Scroll down to ‘23andMe Data.’ 
4. Click “View.”
5. Scroll to ‘Delete Data.’
6. Click “Permanently Delete Data.”
7. Confirm your deletion request via email

After you delete your 23andMe account, your personal information won’t be used for future research (something that about 80% of 23andMe customers gave their consent for), and your genetic samples will be discarded (if you asked the company to store them previously). 

A big caveat 

Even if you delete your 23andMe account, the company may still retain some of your information. 

As per 23andMe’s privacy policy: 

“23andMe and/or our contracted genotyping laboratory will retain your Genetic Information, date of birth, and sex as required for compliance with applicable legal obligations … even if you chose to delete your account.” 

Remember to Opt Out of Genealogical Records Sites

Even if you’ve:

• Never taken a DNA test
• Deleted your 23andMe account 

Your information may still be available online in genealogy databases. 

It’s not your DNA, but it’s still your personal information, so take this time to delete yourself from these kinds of sites, too.

If you’re looking for directions, see our step-by-step guides:

• How to opt out of Ancestry.
• How to opt out of Family Tree Search.
• How to opt out of Rootsweb.
• How to opt out of Geni.
• How to opt out of Genealogy.com.
• How to opt out of Ancient Faces.
• How to opt out of FamilyTreeNow.
• How to opt out of Archives.com.

Or, you can subscribe to our data broker removal service to have our privacy experts opt you out of these (and other) sites on your behalf. 

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To opt out of RichMediaLLC, follow our RichMediaLLC opt-out guide below. 

RichMediaLLC is an interactive digital marketing content company.

Use our step-by-step guide below to opt out of RichMediaLLC.

DeleteMe’s RichMediaLLC Opt Out Review

To opt out of RichMediaLLC, you need to complete an online form. After that, your request will be processed after a waiting period. 

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RichMediaLLC Listing Removal Walkthrough

Opt out of RichMediaLLC in two steps. 

1. Go to the RichMediaLLC website and click “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” in the footer 

Go to https://richmediallc.com/ and scroll to the bottom of the page. 

Click “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” in the footer. 

2. Fill out the form

You will be redirected to an online form. Fill it out.

Enter your first name, last name, email address, and zip code.

Click the “Submit” button. 

Your RichMediaLLC opt-out request was submitted.

How to Contact RichMediaLLC

You can contact RichMediaLLC by emailing privacy@richmediallc.com or writing to Rich Media, LLC Attn: Data Privacy Department 10191 Sweet Bay Court Parkland, FL 33076.

Who Is Selling Your Info? 

Data brokers! These companies collect your personal information from various sources (public records, social media, etc.), compile this information into detailed profiles, and sell these profiles to anyone who wants them. 

Learn more about data brokers and people search sites in our detailed data broker guide. 

Then, take a look at our data broker opt-out guide to see which data brokers and people search sites you should opt-out from, including:

• How to remove yourself from Whitepages. 
• How to remove yourself from BeenVerified. 
• How to remove yourself from Spokeo.
• How to remove yourself from PeopleFinders.
• How to remove yourself from Radaris.
• How to remove yourself from People Background Check. 
• How to remove yourself from TruthFinder.
• How to remove yourself from MyLife.
• How to remove yourself from Intelius. 
• How to remove yourself from Fast People Search
• How to remove yourself from Arrests.org.
• How to remove yourself from CheckPeople.com
• How to remove yourself from Instant Checkmate.

Alternatively, consider subscribing to a data broker removal service like DeleteMe. Our privacy experts will delete you from data brokers continuously on your behalf, saving you hundreds of hours in the process. 

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To opt out of Qualfon, follow our Qualfon opt-out guide below. 

Qualfon is a marketing solution and contact center service provider.

Use our step-by-step guide below to opt out of Qualfon.

DeleteMe’s Qualfon Opt Out Review

To opt out of Qualfon, you need to send an email opt-out request. After that, your request will be processed after a waiting period. 

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Qualfon Listing Removal Walkthrough

Opt out of Qualfon in one step. 

1. Send an opt-out request to consumerprivacy@qualfon.com

Qualfon has a privacy form on its website, but this form seems to only apply to your “right to know.” 

To opt out of Qualfon, send an opt-out request to consumerprivacy@qualfon.com.

Include your full name, email address, phone number, and address. 

Clearly state you are exercising your right under the CCPA. 

How to Contact Qualfon

You can also make your Qualfon opt-out request by calling (888) 380-2190.

Who Is Selling Your Info? 

Data brokers! These companies collect your personal information from various sources (public records, social media, etc.), compile this information into detailed profiles, and sell these profiles to anyone who wants them. 

Learn more about data brokers and people search sites in our detailed data broker guide. 

Then, take a look at our data broker opt-out guide to see which data brokers and people search sites you should opt-out from, including:

• How to remove yourself from Whitepages. 
• How to remove yourself from BeenVerified. 
• How to remove yourself from Spokeo.
• How to remove yourself from PeopleFinders.
• How to remove yourself from Radaris.
• How to remove yourself from People Background Check. 
• How to remove yourself from TruthFinder.
• How to remove yourself from MyLife.
• How to remove yourself from Intelius. 
• How to remove yourself from Fast People Search
• How to remove yourself from Arrests.org.
• How to remove yourself from CheckPeople.com
• How to remove yourself from Instant Checkmate.

Alternatively, consider subscribing to a data broker removal service like DeleteMe. Our privacy experts will delete you from data brokers continuously on your behalf, saving you hundreds of hours in the process. 

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To opt out of TheWorkNumber, follow our TheWorkNumber opt-out guide below. 

TheWorkNumber (owned by Equifax) is a database of more than 670 million records for verifications of income and employment. 

Use our step-by-step guide below to opt out of TheWorkNumber.

DeleteMe’s TheWorkNumber Opt Out Review

To opt out of TheWorkNumber, you need to complete an online form. After that, your request will be processed after a waiting period. 

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TheWorkNumber Listing Removal Walkthrough

Opt out of TheWorkNumber in five steps. 

1. Go to the TheWorkNumber website and click “Privacy Policy” in the footer 

Go to https://theworknumber.com/ and scroll to the bottom of the page. 

Click “Privacy Policy” in the footer.

2. Click “Read the Notice”

You will be redirected to the Equifax privacy page.

Click “Read the Notice” under ‘Equifax Privacy Statement.’

3. Click “Consumer Rights Requests”

You will be redirected to the Equifax Privacy Statement.

Scroll to the bottom.

Click “Consumer Rights Requests.”

4. Click “Your Privacy Choices”

Scroll to the ‘Opt-Out’ section.

Click “Your Privacy Choices.”

5. Fill out the form

You will be redirected to a new tab with an online form. Fill it out.

Enter your first name, last name, address, and city.

Select your state.

Enter your zip code.

The next section is optional. 

Click the acknowledgment box.

Click the “I’m not a robot” checkbox.

Click the “Go To Next Step” button. 

Select the privacy right you want to exercise.

Click the “Continue” button. 

Your TheWorkNumber opt-out request was submitted and should be processed within 15 days.

How to Contact TheWorkNumber

In addition to the above, you can also make a privacy request by calling 1-866-295-6801 between 9 A.M. and 9 P.M. ET Monday to Friday and 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. ET Saturday and Sunday except holidays.

Who Is Selling Your Info? 

Data brokers! These companies collect your personal information from various sources (public records, social media, etc.), compile this information into detailed profiles, and sell these profiles to anyone who wants them. 

Learn more about data brokers and people search sites in our detailed data broker guide. 

Then, take a look at our data broker opt-out guide to see which data brokers and people search sites you should opt-out from, including:

• How to remove yourself from Whitepages. 
• How to remove yourself from BeenVerified. 
• How to remove yourself from Spokeo.
• How to remove yourself from PeopleFinders.
• How to remove yourself from Radaris.
• How to remove yourself from People Background Check. 
• How to remove yourself from TruthFinder.
• How to remove yourself from MyLife.
• How to remove yourself from Intelius. 
• How to remove yourself from Fast People Search
• How to remove yourself from Arrests.org.
• How to remove yourself from CheckPeople.com
• How to remove yourself from Instant Checkmate.

Alternatively, consider subscribing to a data broker removal service like DeleteMe. Our privacy experts will delete you from data brokers continuously on your behalf, saving you hundreds of hours in the process. 

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To opt out of Experian Health, follow our Experian Health opt-out guide below. 

Experian “empowers healthcare providers with accurate records and trusted data for enhanced efficiency, decision-making, and patient outcomes.”

Use our step-by-step guide below to opt out of Experian Health.

DeleteMe’s Experian Health Opt Out Review

To opt out of Experian Health, you must send an email opt-out request. Your request should be processed after a waiting period. 

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Experian Health Listing Removal Walkthrough

Opt out of Experian Health in one step. 

1. Send an email opt-out request to optout@experian.com 

Send an email opt-out request to optout@experian.com. 

Include your full name and mailing address. 

You can also include name variations, additional email addresses, and phone numbers you want opted out.

How to Contact Experian Health

In addition to the above, you can also make your Experian Health opt-out by calling 1-833-210-4615 or writing to PO Box 703, Allen, TX 75013. 

Who Is Selling Your Info? 

Data brokers! These companies collect your personal information from various sources (public records, social media, etc.), compile this information into detailed profiles, and sell these profiles to anyone who wants them. 

Learn more about data brokers and people search sites in our detailed data broker guide. 

Then, take a look at our data broker opt-out guide to see which data brokers and people search sites you should opt-out from, including:

• How to remove yourself from Whitepages. 
• How to remove yourself from BeenVerified. 
• How to remove yourself from Spokeo.
• How to remove yourself from PeopleFinders.
• How to remove yourself from Radaris.
• How to remove yourself from People Background Check. 
• How to remove yourself from TruthFinder.
• How to remove yourself from MyLife.
• How to remove yourself from Intelius. 
• How to remove yourself from Fast People Search
• How to remove yourself from Arrests.org.
• How to remove yourself from CheckPeople.com
• How to remove yourself from Instant Checkmate.

Alternatively, consider subscribing to a data broker removal service like DeleteMe. Our privacy experts will delete you from data brokers continuously on your behalf, saving you hundreds of hours in the process.